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Disney took home two Academy Awards for their phenomenon of a film “Frozen” honored both as Best Animated Feature and for Original Song – “Let It Go.” It was Walt Disney Animation Studios’ first award in the Best Animated Feature category, created in 2001, though Pixar has won seven.

But the most highly anticipated moment of this year’s Oscars ceremony was Idina Menzel’s performance of “Let It Go”, which was somewhat abridged but received a standing ovation – even after presenter John Travolta mangled her name while introducing her (“Adele Dazim” immediately got an amusing Twitter account):

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Kelly

Chaz

In all honesty, live performances are not Idina’s strongest points, despite her being best known as a Broadway performer. Don’t get me wrong, I love Idina, it’s just she always seems very nervous anytime she performs live, and it sometimes shows. I actually respect her for continually doing what she loves even though many other performers on Broadway are . . . a little better.

That being said, that was actually one of the best live performances of hers I’ve seen. Aside from that last note, that was as good as many of her “Wicked” performances.

And I’m not surprised the song was abridged. The same thing happened with “I See the Light.”

Anyways, I’m very satisfied that the Oscars are (finally) giving Walt Disney Animation Studios the respect they’ve earned. Well done to the entire cast/crew of “Frozen.”

Michelle

Many people who do theater don’t do well in live performances because in theater they are someone else. In this, Idina couldn’t hide behind a character… it was all her. I thought she sounded good, considering the fact that the accompaniment was way too fast. It seemed as though she was having to rush to keep up with it. For an award winning song, I think it was terrible that so much of it was cut—- Had she been given time to perform the entire piece in the meter in which is was written, I have no doubt it would have been a showstopper.

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